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008PCM Thinking About Getting a Drone? Better Listen to This First!
Everyone wants a drone. It’s become a billion dollar industry with hobbyists, photographers, real estate folks, commercial businesses, and farmers rushing to buy these amazing devices for their various pursuits. But the government is making it very difficult with some ridiculous regulations. If you have a drone or plan on getting one, you’d better listen to this episode of the PC Mike Techcast. The issue is that the Federal Aviation Administration’s current regulations regarding use of drones are overreaching and just plain absurd, including a rule that prohibits drone use for academic research unless researchers go through the long and arduous task of getting special permits – even researchers who flew multi-million dollar jets for…
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Drone Review: DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter with Zenmuse H3-2D 3-Axis Gimbal
When it comes to tech, 2015’s hottest gizmo so far this year is the personal drone. It’s only the end of January and they’ve been making more headlines than any other piece of tech gear, for better or worse. I’ve jumped into the drone pool already, taking a chance on adding a big ticket item to my photographic and video arsenal of reporting tools: a Phantom 2 drone. Here’s a review and video
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My own personal drone
I’ve messed around with some low end flying helicopters before and found them to be lots of fun. But I’ve just added a big ticket item to my photographic and video arsenal of tools: A Phantom 2 drone. I’ll be using it for AVC, or aerial video cinematography. It’s really a flying machine, a quadricopter, with four opposing blades sending it up and our as far as a kilometer (3,240 feet) from where I’m standing with the controller. The unit I bought carries with it a GoPro Hero 3 camera to record high definition video and stills. It transmits those images back to a monitor attached to the controller on…